Jayd Johnson’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Scottish actress
Is Actor 
From United Kingdom 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender female
Birth 18 December 1990, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age: 29 years
Star sign Sagittarius
Residence London, England, UK
Education
Stonelaw High School

Jayd Johnson (born 18 December 1990) is a Scottish actress best known for her portrayal of Nicki Cullen in River City and her BAFTA-winning role as Paddy Meehan in The Field of Blood.

Career

Johnson began attending drama classes aged eight and landed her first professional acting job at 11 in the film Dear Frankie, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler. From the age of 13, Johnson played Nicki Cullen in the Glasgow-set soap opera River City. She left in 2009, after six years, to train at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before returning to Scotland after being hand-picked for the lead role of Paddy Meehan in BBC Scotland’s adaptation of The Field of Blood for which she won the 2011 BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Television Actor/Actress ahead of co-stars Peter Capaldi and Ford Kiernan. Johnson reprised the role of Paddy Meehan for The Field of Blood: The Dead Hour which began filming in Glasgow in November 2012 and was broadcast on BBC One in August 2013.

Personal life

The youngest of three children, Johnson grew up in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire and was educated at the local Stonelaw High School. Her parents Connie and Johnny own and run a café in the Forge Market in the east end of Glasgow. Her elder sister Jordana is a wedding planner while brother, John Paul, works in the family business.

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